Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:13:54 -0800 | From | Vitaly Luban <> | Subject | Re: Kernel Releases |
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Dan Kegel wrote:
> François Cami wrote: > > > > Dan Kegel wrote: > > > > > 2.4.x should continue to use -preY. > > > There's no need for a -rcY as some have suggested. > > > All we need to do to avoid messes like the 2.4.15 debacle > > > is to insist that a 2.4.X-preY should not be > > > released as final 2.4.X until the pre's been out for a week, > > > and there should never be any changes introduced into a final > > > that didn't cook for a week as a pre. > > > > I don't see the difference between a -rc that has cooked for a week, > > and a -pre that has cooked for a week, except that -rc sounds more > > like "this is *maybe* the next stable kernel", whereas -pre still > > sounds "beta". > > The difference between "this is *maybe* the next stable kernel" > and "just another beta" is very slippery. I don't object > to the -rc idea, but I don't think it's as valuable as all that. >
IMHO, -rc is just one extra unnecessary entity and may bring only some confusion to newbies & extra work for maintaner.
Cheers, Vitaly.
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